Help talk:Media file

(First topic)

Can you give me the name of a good wav/ogg converter? Yes I know this isn't an advertising wiki, but c'mon, please. —It's-a me, Smeedel. / Talk - Contribs - You 14:46, 20 September 2006 (EDT)

Look on PipeProject:Audio & Video for a link to Super C, a free multi-converter. Wayoshi ( T·C·@ ) 15:16, 20 September 2006 (EDT)

Ok thanks —It's-a me, Smeedel. / Talk - Contribs - You 15:26, 20 September 2006 (EDT)

Image vs File

The standard on the wiki has been to use Image: instead of File:. I believe that changing it on the help page will only serve to confuse new users. Not to mention that it makes us look inconsistent. Unlike what KKR said, it does make a difference.--Knife (talk) 08:12, 15 April 2011 (EDT)

Includes images

The warning at the top of the article is a bit confusing. When I first time readed it, I though "The article has images, and they (images) were created to help with audio and video feature". It should actualy mean "This article has 'Images' section as a reference, but the main section is 'Audio & Video'". It should be rewrited. SWFlash

Requesting addition

May I suggest Foobar2000 as a Windows audio player? It can natively play and convert to audio formats such as MP3 and OGG. I use it with the vgmstream plugin to play music directly from the files of certain Mario games, such as Paper Mario: Sticker Star, Mario & Luigi: Paper Jam, Super Mario 3D World, and Paper Mario: The Origami King. Scrooge200 (talk) 22:41, May 3, 2021 (EDT)

I'll have to recommend Foobar as well. It's a good tool for converting post-Wii era soundtrack files into a format that is listenable on PC. I used it myself for the soundtrack of Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Tipping Stars and Mini Mario & Friends: amiibo Challenge. -- KOOPA CON CARNE 23:41, May 3, 2021 (EDT)

Question About Music Samples

Hey, so, I noticed that according to what it acceptable for music samples, it is said "A given music track should only have one sample on the wiki; any additional samples will be deleted."

I understand the point of this stipulation in terms of making sure people;

• Are resourceful, and use pre-existing audio files when and where applicable:
• And staying within the guides of copyright law by not having a full song hosted illegally across multiple files

However, I do feel like this rule is a little strange in the full context of a wiki this broad; especially since some pages heavily benefit from having a specific section of a song that may not be included in the main file (one example being something like the NSMB Staff Credits theme and it's arrangement of the Underground theme.) I've found that a lot of theme pages actually have todo boxes requesting such arrangements quite often, or have them already there. I've even helped fulfil a few of these requests without even realizing there was a policy saying that tracks are only allowed to have one sample, and I've never had any of my changes reverted, or been given a heads up about this policy, or even had any files deleted. So I have to ask to what extent this policy applies. I mean, we even have a section for "other versions" when uploading files.

I mean, by all means, as far as I understand, having an extra clip from a section of a song that, while we already have a clip of a different section of, we don't have a snippet of already for the sake of criticism or commentary on that specific other part of the song, that of which this wiki fits under both, falls entirely under the guides of fair use in United States Copyright Law. I can't claim to be a lawyer, nor an expert in Copyright Law; but this kind of stuff is what Fair Use is for. I don't see why, as long it is limited to exactly the portion in question, there couldn't be a legal use of multiple music samples for the same track as long as it is limited and regulated; especially since it's already done several times across the wiki.

And, that also raises the question what even counts as a "given track." Sure, with certain very specific songs, it's easy to look at it and know what "given track" means, because it only has one version to manage. But it seems like in the case of a lot of songs with multiple variants, this is just kind of waived; like with the frontrunning versions of Mario Kart tracks in Mario Kart 7, Mario Kart 8, and Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. where the only difference in them is the added looping drums. Or the level themes from Super Mario Bros. Wonder with the elephant versions that just alter the instrumentation. Or final lap and hurry up variations of songs, which several pages have been asking for as of recent, which only have the difference in tempo and sometimes pitch. Or a song like the theme for Koopa Cape, which has a file for the main version of the theme, the downstream version, the underwater version, the main version of the theme without the "Wub", and a file that is literally just the "Wub"; and that's just for the original from Mario Kart Wii.

To make my question into a condensed TL;DR: How much is this rule really enforced? Am I the only one that thinks it's potentially being over-precautious?

Maybe I'm just heavily misunderstanding how Copyright Law and Fair Use, but based off what I know, this specific policy seems either way too tight, or potentially poorly written. If I am wrong, please feel free to educate me on why.

Iand255 (talk) 23:37, July 30, 2026 (UTC)